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A police checkpoint near the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka, Bangladesh, after the terrorist attack in July that left 22 people dead. European Pressphoto Agency DHAKA, Bangladesh — The police in Bangladesh announced on Friday that they had killed Nurul Islam Marzan, who was suspected of guiding a team of militants through the deadly siege of a fashionable Dhaka restaurant last year, in an early morning gunfight. Mr. Marzan was a close aide to Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury, who had been identified as the top coordinator in Bangladesh for the Islamic State and the leader of a newly founded branch of the domestic militant network Jama’atul Mujahedeen Bangladesh. The Bangladeshi authorities said Mr. Chowdhury planned the attack in July at the restaurant, the Holey Artisan Bakery. He was killed in August in a shootout. The police said the two men worked intensively with the team of five assailants who burst into the restaurant and singled out foreigners and non-Muslims inside. Twenty Bangladeshi and foreign hostages and two police officers were killed, the most ambitious attack undertaken by Islamist insurgents in the region in recent years. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack and celebrated Mr. Chowdhury and his team in promotional materials. Mr. Marzan and Mr. Chowdhury, who were together on the night of the attack but not at the restaurant, spoke with the attackers three or four times during the siege, using telephones taken from victims or hostages, according to Monirul Islam, who leads the police counterterrorism unit in…more detail

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Apple has responded to fierce criticism of its mapping software, saying the application will "improve". The mapping software angered users who said it was riddled with inaccuracies, misplaced towns and cities and omitted key landmarks. Apple said it appreciated all the customer feedback it was receiving about the app and would work hard to improve it. The problems emerged a day before the global launch of its iPhone 5 handset. Hundreds of people have camped out for days to ensure they are among the first to buy one of the smartphones. At Apple's flagship store on London's Regent Street almost…... [read more]

Editors, USA TODAY Published 3:27 a.m. ET Feb. 13, 2017 | Updated 4 minutes ago Snowplows clear Berkeley Street in whiteout conditions Feb. 9, 2017, as a winter storm bears down in Boston. Another snowstorm has been forecast with up to a foot of snow in a large swath of the Northeast.(Photo: Scott Eisen, Getty Images) Blizzard to bring havoc to New England; snow possible in Texas A blockbuster snowstorm with blizzard conditions was expected to continue messing with travel on Monday across parts of the Northeast, just days after another storm pummeled the area. Winter storm warnings were in…... [read more]

Dave Berg, USA TODAY 6:00 a.m. CT Feb. 12, 2017 Stephen Colbert and a guest roast marshmallows on an outdoor heater at a taping of 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' pre-show in front of the Trump International Hotel in New York City, where Colbert interviews passersby about their feelings about President Donald Trump and his policies.(Photo: Rainmaker Photo/MediaPunch/Media) The Trump administration regularly challenges the legitimacy of mainstream journalists, claiming theyÂ all but openly favoredÂ Hillary ClintonÂ during the recent presidential election. Many of Trump's supporters agreeÂ and have turned to other news sources, such asÂ Fox News, talk radio…... [read more]

Betsy DeVos confirmed as US education secretary US President Donald Trump's choice of billionaire Betsy DeVos to be education secretary is confirmed by the US Senate, but only after Vice-President Mike Pence is called in to break a tie that threatened to defeat her. Asked about Putin, Trump says US isn't 'so innocent' US President Donald Trump says he respects Russian President Vladimir Putin and he hopes to work with him to defeat the Islamic State terror group. Who is the judge who blocked Trump's travel ban? The judge who dramatically halted Donald Trump's immigration travel ban, at least temporarily,…... [read more]

GOOGLE faced serious questions today after it was claimed top brands are “funding” terrorism by unknowingly advertising on jihadi videos. The internet search giant runs YouTube which has been accused of allowing adverts for the firms to feature on videos containing jihadi material. It was claimed last night top brands like are “funding” terrorism by unknowingly advertising on jihadi videos YouTube via The Times A video promoting luxury holiday operator Sandals Resorts appeared next to a video for Al-Shabaab, the al-Qaeda affiliated group active in Somalia Hundreds of videos – including ones also containing pornographic and extreme right content –…... [read more]

A MULTI-million pound internet start-up went bust – after its angry founder threw a Pret baguette at his tycoon father backer. Marco Nardone’s app Fling collapsed into administration a year after he rowed with senior staff and investors. 7 Marco Nardone’s app Fling has gone bust, after the ‘party boy’ threw a baguette at his dad He is accused of “partying” as the company burned through £21million. His father, Italian-born wine magnate Remo Nardone, is reported to have invested around £5million in his son’s series of apps. But the 81-year-old narrowly missed being hit by a flying sandwich when his…... [read more]

We all know the stereotype: Silly millennials, tethered to their phones, unable to accomplish the simplest tasks without scrolling their Instagram feeds, snapping their friends and/or tweeting inanely. But a Nielsen report released last week shows that Americans from 18 to 34 are less obsessed with social media than some of their older peers are. Adults 35 to 49 were found to spend an average of 6 hours 58 minutes a week on social media networks, compared with 6 hours 19 minutes for the younger group. More predictably, adults 50 and over spent significantly less time on the networks: an…... [read more]

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The opportunities for Australian farmers in China have been talked up for so long it is probably fair many have started asking "are we there yet?" The first step towards turning promise into profits was when the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA) was signed in December 2015. The Federal Government says it is now up to Australian farmers to make the most of the deal, which will see the gradual elimination of a host of import tariffs ranging from 12 to 25 per cent by 2024. With this in mind, a delegation of 240 farmers and food manufacturers from the…... [read more]